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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 207

Injured Hand

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 3

Fleetwood-Smith is still troubled with a hand injury, and it is on the cards that he will not play in the Fourth Test, which commences on Saturday…

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Cycling Official Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 3

Mr. A. C. ("Jim") Akhurst, secretary of the Public Service Amateur Cycling Club, is at present confined to his bed nursing several broken ribs. The veteran sustained…

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Cars in Collision. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 14

Minor injuries were suffered by the occupants of two cars that were badly damaged in a collision in front of the Sacred Heart Hospital. One car was driven by Mr. R. Rumble…

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Boy Canoeist Drowned One-armed Lad Saves Companion Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 5

A drowning tragedy occurred on the Dawson River last night. Two small boys, Darcy Briggs and William Haffner, were playing in a…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and a jury of four.) Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 10

Thomas Henry Mercer, of Hooper-street, Randwick, sued the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways for £1000 damages for injuries received as the result of [?]…

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Safety on Trams. No Control Device Results in Collision Jury Awards Damages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 14

A jury of four in an action before Judge Sheridan in the District Court yesterday found that the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways was guilty of negligence in…

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Motor Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 12

Danger on the roads continues to be, in this as in other countries, Public Enemy No. 1, Not that public opinion shows any great sign of realising and…

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Retired Headmaster Injured in Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 13

Mr. E. Gameron, who recently retired after being the headmaster of Ryde School for six years, had a narrow escape last week. he was driving his wife home…

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Child Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 2

When Kenneth Vairy (6), of 177 Blaxcell-street, Granville, was walking out of the gate of neighbor's place last Monday night, he stepped on to the…

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Collision at Kogarah Bay

The Propeller · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

On Saturday a motor cycle and motor car collided in the Causeway, Kogarah Bay. Harry Peal, 18 years of age, of Waverley, was taken by…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon Ronald Featherstone, of the N.R.M.A. cycle patrol service, came into collision with a motor delivery van at the corner…

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Casualties. Cyclist Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 12

George Rosewarne, 15, of Ritchie-street, Sans Soucl, suffered head injuries, including probably a fracture of the skull, yesterday, when [?] bicycle and a motor lorry collided…

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Boy Slipped Into Creek Believed Drowned GOULBURN

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

KENNETH WHITE, 10, son of George E. White, railway employee, is believed to have been washed down a flooded creek and drowned…

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Racehorse Injured in Wild Bolt Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 5

NAGPUR, a well-known racehorse, bolted for more than seven miles at Chelsea after it had broken away from its attendant while being…

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Verdict Against Council. Injured Cyclist Gets Compensation

The Propeller · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

A jury in the Supreme Court last Friday gave a verdict for £7304- against the Council of the Municipality of Hurstville in an action in which…

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Fleetwood-smith on Injured List Bulawayo

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 5

THE Australian XI. left early this A afternoon for Johannesburg. With the exception of Fleetwood- Smith. whose hand is bandaged, all…

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Cars Collide. Man Killed and Four Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 15

Alan Atkin, 23, of West Botany-street, Arncliffe, was killed and four other persons were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of West Botany and Bestick streets,…

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Motor Crash at Rockdale. Man Killed, Four Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 4

Alan Atkin, 23, of West Botany Street, Rockdale, was killed, and four other persons were injured, when two motor cars collided at the…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and juries, each of four.) Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

Argument by counsel took place before his Honor as to the meaning of the jury's verdict and rider in the claim by Thomas Henry Mercer, of Hooper-street, Randwick, against…

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Plane Crashes & Burns at Mascot Miracle Escape Of Crew Somersault and Flames--strapped Man Pulled Free Rescuer Wis Only Person Injured In Air Tumble

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

Hitting a gate in front of the Aero Club-house, Mascot, at a high speed a Gypsy Metal Moth, late yesterday afternoon, hurdled a fence and landed with its wheels in the air…

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